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Recent Examples of turbojet
For any plane hoping to dethrone the Blackbird, its engine needs to somehow seamlessly transition between turbojet, ramjet, and back to turbojet—and Hermeus has already pulled off that delicate piece of aviation engineering.
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Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 25 Jan. 2023
It was powered by two small turbojet engines and its top speed was only around 200 miles per hour, in the interest of safety.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 27 Jan. 2023
The missile borrows its booster from the S-125 anti-air missile and uses an MS-400 turbojet for cruising.
—David Axe, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
Calio was appointed chief operating officer, a new position that will oversee Pratt & Whitney’s businesses that include commercial and military engines, airborne auxiliary power units and turbojet propulsion systems.
—Stephen Singer, courant.com, 14 Feb. 2022
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Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 25 Jan. 2023
It was powered by two small turbojet engines and its top speed was only around 200 miles per hour, in the interest of safety.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 27 Jan. 2023
The missile borrows its booster from the S-125 anti-air missile and uses an MS-400 turbojet for cruising.
—David Axe, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
Calio was appointed chief operating officer, a new position that will oversee Pratt & Whitney’s businesses that include commercial and military engines, airborne auxiliary power units and turbojet propulsion systems.
—Stephen Singer, courant.com, 14 Feb. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turbojet
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The Cessna aircraft, a single-engine turboprop operated by Bering Air, departed from Unalakleet for Nome — a trip of about 150 miles — on February 7 with nine passengers and a pilot onboard, Alaska’s Department of Public Safety said.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
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The single-engine turboprop plane was flying that afternoon from the community of Unalakleet to Nome, a trip of about 150 miles, when authorities lost contact less than an hour after takeoff, David Olson, director of operations for Bering Air, said at the time.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2025
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The incident came after other safety issues had been linked to Boeing's Max line of aircraft, heightening concerns about the jet's safety.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2025
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At touchdown, the landing gear collapsed, the left wing separated from the fuselage, and a jet fuel leak ignited, triggering a runway fire as the plane rolled onto its back.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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The cruise missiles and supersonics leap forward as the swarms line up behind.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
7 Aug. 2024
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The Low Boom Flight Demonstrator Project hopes to revive commercial supersonic by reducing a jet’s sonic boom.—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
16 Mar. 2020
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The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of more than 900 African-American military pilots and airmen who flew combat aircraft in World War II.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Mar. 2025
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Zelenskyy denied Russian claims of having shot down any of the aircraft.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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That same year, the British De Havilland Comet, the world’s first commercial jetliner, made its debut.—
David Nikel,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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Onishi served as a commercial pilot in Japan, flying Boeing 767 jetliners, and Peskov is an experienced commercial 757 pilot.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2025
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Despite the innovations in technology and design, hypersonic applications for commercial aircraft are in their infancy, with both engines and airframes remaining years away from implementation in that category.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
22 Mar. 2025
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The two argued that advances in composite airframe construction would allow lighter supersonic aircraft that would generate less of a boom than the pioneering Concorde airliner, recommending that the FAA rewrite those rules to restrict sound, not speed.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PCMAG,
10 Feb. 2025
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Alaska Airlines has invested in the project and the US Air Force has awarded a $235 million contract for a demonstrator that could serve as an air refueling tanker, cargo or transport aircraft.—
Jerrold Lundquist,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Russia responded by using a shadow fleet of tankers whose ties to Moscow were hidden to transport the commodity which continues to generate high revenues for the Kremlin, despite sanctions.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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The Air Force is in the process of acquiring a new tanker, the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus, which will be more efficient and have more advanced avionics than the KC-10, but the trijet Extender will still have the Pegasus beat on fuel capacity by about 70 tons.—
Jennifer Leman,
Popular Mechanics,
28 Feb. 2022
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Question: Are trijet aircraft less safe than twin-engine or four-engine aircraft? – Andrew, Scottsdale, Arizona Answer:No.—
John Cox,
USA TODAY,
17 June 2018
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“Turbojet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turbojet. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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